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Organic Chapter 2: Alkanes & Halogenoalkanes Flashcards

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1
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What is the General Formula for an alkane?

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CnH2n+2

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2
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What is an alkane?

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A saturated hydrocarbon

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What is the general formula for a Cycloalkane?

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CnH2n

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4
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What is Crude Oil mostly made up of?

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Alkanes

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5
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Why do we separate Crude Oil?

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It’s not very useful in raw form

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6
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How do we separate Crude Oil?

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Fractional Distillation

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How does Fractional Distillation work?

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Crude Oil is vaporised at around 350 degrees C
Vaporised Crude Oil goes to the top of the fractioning column
Crude Oil vapour gets cooler as it goes up the column
Each different chemical condenses at a different temperature - liquids get filtered off
Hydrocarbons with lowest & highest bp are taken at the top & bottom of the column respectively

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8
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How can you separate long chain hydrocarbons?

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Cracking

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9
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What are the two types of Cracking?

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Thermal Cracking
Catalytic Cracking

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What are the conditions for Thermal Cracking? What does it mainly produce?

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High pressure & High temp (up to 70atm & 1000 degrees C)
Produces a lot of alkenes

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11
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What are the conditions for Catalytic cracking? What does it mainly produce?

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Takes place in the prescence of a Zeolite Catalyst at a slight pressure & high temperature (450 degrees)
Mostly produces aromatic compounds
Catalytic cracking is cheaper and faster.

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12
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What are alkanes useful for?

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Fuels

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13
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What causes incomplete combustion?

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Lack of oxygen

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14
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What is the equation for incomplete combustion of methane?

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2CH4 + 3O2 -> 2CO + 4H2O

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15
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Why does burning fossil fuels contribute to global warming?

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It produces carbon dioxide - this is a greenhouse gas.

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16
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What do Catalytic converters do on cars?

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Remove unburnt hydrocarbons & oxides of nitrogen from the exhaust

17
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What causes acid rain?

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Sulfur Dioxide

18
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What is a Free Radical?

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A particle with an unpaired electron

19
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What causes free radicals to form?

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When a covalent bond splits equally - both atoms get 1 of the shared electrons

20
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What is special about free radicals?

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They’re very reactive due to the single unpaired electron

21
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How do you indicate a free radical?

A

Dot next to the chemical

e.g Cl.

22
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What is an initiation step?

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A step in a reaction where free radicals are produced

23
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What is a propagation step?

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Free radicals are both used up & created

24
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What is a termination step?

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Free radicals are completely used up

25
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Why are CFCs now banned?

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Because they produced chlorine free radicals and caused ozone layer damage

26
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What is the equation for chlorine free radicals breaking down the ozone layer?

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Overall: 2O3 -> 3O2

Cl2 -> 2Cl.
Cl. + O3 -> O2 + ClO.
ClO. + O3 -> 2O2 + Cl.
2Cl. -> Cl2

27
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Under what conditions do free radicals form?

A

Prescence of UV light

28
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What is a Halogenoalkane?

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An alkane with a halogen atom on it

29
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What is special about the carbon-halogen bond in a halogenoalkane?

A

It’s polar

30
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What are some nucleophiles that can react with halogenoalkanes?

A

OH-
CN-
NH3

31
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What reaction do Halogenalkanes undergo to become alcohols?

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Nucleophilic substitution
warm Aqueous sodium or potassium hydroxide

32
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What reaction do Halogenoalkanes undergo to become Nitriles?

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Nucleophilic substitution
Warmed ethanolic potassium cyanide
Heat under Reflux

33
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What reaction do Halogenoalkanes undergo to become Amines?

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Nucleophilic substitution
Excess Ethanolic Ammonia

34
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Which Halogenoalkanes react the fastest and which the slowest?

A

Iodoalkanes are the fastest
Flouroalkanes are the slowest

35
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What reaction do halogenoalkanes undergo to become Alkenes?

A

Elimination
Ethanolic hydroxide ions
Heat under reflux

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